Space Corps: Lawmakers Lay Groundwork for New Military Branch

Sorry guys and Mods of this forum I couldn't figure out where to put this..so I planted here, hope you don't mind the intrusion.

Lawmakers within the House Armed Services Committee have introduced legislation that would require the U.S. Air Force to establish a "Space
Corps" as a distinct branch of the military by January 1, 2019, according to Space News. The proposed legislation would create a Space Corps to serve
"as a separate military service within the Department of the Air Force and under the civilian leadership of the Secretary of the Air Force." "There is
bipartisan acknowledgement that the strategic advantages we derive from our national security space systems are eroding," said Republican Rep. Mike
Rogers of Alabama and Democrat Rep. Jim Cooper of Tennessee in a statement. "We are convinced that the Department of Defense is unable to take the
measures necessary to address these challenges effectively and decisively, or even recognize the nature and scale of its problems." Rogers and Cooper
are the top representatives of the Strategic Forces Subcommittee, which oversees military space operations. The House Armed Services Committee is
preparing to vote on the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), and the subcommittee led by Rogers and Cooper introduced the new Space Corps
legislation to the bill on Tuesday, June 20. www.popularmechanics.com...

Ok wow!! never saw that coming out side of UFO type folks , I guess Space Marines are next, personally I think the Navy should have it's own space
fleet as we are used to subs and long time doing doughnuts at sea, but off course i'd say that because I am ex Navy..

If they are going to go this route, they should make it outside of the existing branches of the military. Make it it's own service. Not have it fall
under the Dept. of the Air Force.

That way they can populate it from all the Services to get it started.

The Air Force obviously can provide personnel more knowledgeable about aircraft and propulsion systems.
The Navy has more experience operating in enclosed spaces ex. on ship, submarines would be similar to space stations.
Marines are the most cost effective expeditionary force obvious benefits to future space operations.
Army...I'm sure we can find something for them to do.

The Naval Space Command (NSC) was a military command of the United States Navy. It was headquartered at Dahlgren, Virginia (USA), and began
operations 1 October 1983. Naval Space Command used the medium of space and its potential to provide essential information and capabilities to shore
and afloat naval forces by a variety of means: Operating surveillance, navigation, communication, environmental, and information systems;
Advocating naval warfighting requirements in the joint arena; and
Advising, supporting, and assisting the naval services through training, and by developing space plans, programs, policies, concepts, and doctrine.
The command was merged into Naval Network and Space Operations Command, itself part of Naval Network Warfare Command, about July 2002.[1] Naval Space Command

and back in the sixties there was a not so secret military astronaut spy program. PBS has a good documentary about them.

Numerous times on ATS I've covered and explained that the US Space Force exists and I've given the official breakdown of the services involved which
includes even the Army and Marines.

I strongly suspect that the Air Force thinks that it doesn't care for the other services being equally involved in the Space Force and are at work to
hog the whole show. Obviously, their main "enemy" to eliminate would be the Navy which evidently are the ones now in charge of the orbiting weapons
platforms that we don't have.

The Air Force keeps trying this. With unmanned aircraft coming to the fore, they are worried about having jobs as they are a one trick pony. "We fly,
we fight" motto may soon be "We sit, we play video games with drones." The Navy has the better training to operate complex vessels with many
crewmembers and the Air Force knows it.

"Space Corps" sounds like an 80's Schwarzenegger flick, much like "Commando" lol. And by the wisdom I gathered from watching the Stargate tv show
SG-1, I'd say the Air Force is the right head department for this.

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